The last two meetings of the semester will take place on Tuesday, November 27th from 3:00pm to 4:00pm in the Johnson Center Meeting Room B and on Wednesday, November 28 from 4:30pm to 5:30pm in the Johnson Center Meeting Room C. We will be planning the structure, plans, and events for the Spring semester.

The Fall semester has started, and with that comes the Society of Women Engineers interest meeting! This meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 11 from 6pm-8pm in the Johnson Center Meeting Room G. If you can’t join us, I will be emailing out a description of what happened, so you can still stay involved.

To register for the Spring 2012 SWE Mentoring Program, you can fill out this form before the meeting or register there. The meeting will be on Friday, February 10th, from 2-4 pm in JC Meeting Room B.

The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Mentoring Program is a Big Brother/Big Sister-type program between under- and upperclassmen undergraduate students. The SWE Mentoring Program is not meant to take the place of academic advising or peer advising, but will hopefully connect students with similar interests so that they may make lasting friendships and share knowledge. All students from Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology (STEM) majors are encouraged to apply, both men and women.

There are about three events per semester (an introductory meeting and social events). The participants are asked to meet with their partners at least two times per month, and one of those meetings should be in person. Past social events have included bowling, laser tag, ice-skating, a video game night, and a teamwork-based ropes course. Light refreshments will be served at the meeting.

If you have any questions, concerns, feedback, or comments, please contact the SWE Mentoring Program Coordinator, Ummer Shamma, at ushamma@masonlive.gmu.edu.

The SWE Mentoring Program Introductory Meeting will take place this semester on Friday, September 30th, from 1:30-3:30 pm in the engineering building room 2608. At the meeting you will meet your partner, vote on which events you want to attend this semester, and enjoy some refreshments! Past events have included bowling, ice skating, laser tag, and game night.

To join, please make sure you fill out the application form by Wednesday, September 28th at 11:59 pm.

If you have any comments, questions, feedback, or concerns, please don’t hesitate to email the SWE Mentoring Program Coordinator, Ummer Shamma, at ushamma@masonlive.gmu.edu.

Welcome to the revamped GMU SWE website. We hope this new blog format, hosted by onMason, will allow more participation for both members and officers. We plan on updating this page frequently with upcoming events and news so watch this space!